When dharma fills your body and mind, you realize that something is missing.

Rather than letting our negativity get the better of us, we could acknowledge that right now we feel like a piece of shit and not be squeamish about taking a good look.

Life is an art, and like perfect art it should be self-forgetting.

Sleep is the best meditation.

The more you are motivated by love, the more fearless and free your actions will be.

The affairs of the world will go on forever. Do not delay the practice of meditation.

The more you are motivated by love, the more fearless and free your actions will be.

The more we witness our emotional reactions and understand how they work, the easier it is to refrain.

To study the Way is to study the self. To study the self is to forget the self. To forget the self is to be enlightened by all things.

Compassion is not mere sentiment but a powerful force that can transform both ourselves and others.

The whole moon and the entire sky are reflected in one dewdrop on the grass.

The seed of suffering in you may be strong, but don't wait until you have no more suffering before allowing yourself to be happy.

Right View is not just a matter of intellectual understanding but of seeing things as they really are.

Worry pretends to be necessary but serves no useful purpose.

The measure of success in spiritual life is how peaceful you are.

Our emotions are like waves in the ocean. We can't stop the waves, but we can learn to surf.

Wisdom says we are nothing. Love says we are everything. Between these two our life flows.

Your work is to discover your work and then with all your heart to give yourself to it.

Leave your front door and your back door open. Allow your thoughts to come and go. Just don't serve them tea.

The object of meditation and the mind which knows it must be noted as they occur. If they are not noted, desire arises and disturbs concentration.

The heart is like a garden. It can grow compassion or fear, resentment or love. What seeds will you plant there?

The present moment is the only moment available to us, and it is the door to all moments.

The nature of mind is not something we need to achieve - it's something we need to recognize.

Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile, but sometimes your smile can be the source of your joy.

Meditation is not just about sitting quietly, it's about transforming the mind.

Freedom is not found in the absence of difficulty, but in our relationship to it.

Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible.

The mind is the source of all happiness and the source of all suffering.

Our task is not to seek for love but to find all the barriers within ourselves that we have built against it.

The way to change the world is to change your own mind.

Zen teaches nothing; it merely enables us to wake up and become aware. It does not teach, it points.

Change is possible because there is nothing inherently permanent about our disturbing emotions.

The way we look at the world is the way the world looks.